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“Well, I came across two DTs sample tin boxes, make that three, from who knows when.
Funseeker that I am, I decided to give one a whirl and see what happens. Not bad. I didn’t have high hopes...”
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“How can such a delicious tea go so wrong?
Everything in this tea I like conceptually. Even kombucha.
However, all the components are so disparate, that it taste’s like a mess.
The most prominent...”
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“I thought that the smell of this was kind of interesting, nice and fruity, but I wasn’t overly thrilled with the taste. It had some fruity-ish taste but I could not tell which fruit in particular,...”
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From DAVIDsTEA

It’s not always easy to make healthy choices. Not when there are so many delicious things just waiting to be tasted. But with this fruity, berry-packed oolong, we’ve created the impossible: a super-healthy tea that also happens to taste amazing. First we took big pieces of strawberries, raspberries and currants – a.k.a. the original Super Fruits. Then we added a spicy-soothing hint of ginger root. Finally, we laced it with kombucha powder, an enzyme-packed detoxifier that in-the-know yogis have been sipping since the ‘60s. Groovy, man.

Well, I came across two DTs sample tin boxes, make that three, from who knows when.

Funseeker that I am, I decided to give one a whirl and see what happens. Not bad. I didn’t have high hopes but not bad.

Though the base is oolong, I am not feeling the oolong. Mind you, keep in mind that I had been drinking a rather dynamic oolong earlier. This one tastes like more of a rooibos-like stable brown base with a bit of mixed light berry frou-frou on top of the sip with the slightest bit of ginger trailing behind. Sweet, but certainly a reasonable type of sweet with no imitation flavour coming to the fore. A pleasant surprise.

Addendum—after getting through half or more of my cup, I started getting a sour, kind of fizzy, note. Around that time, I began feeling nauseous. Lowering my rating accordingly.

Thank goodness, I thought it was just me. I made a cup yesterday and ended up tossing the brewed tea and the rest of the dry leaf I had in my stash (only another cup or two, but still). It was just awful.

I thought that the smell of this was kind of interesting, nice and fruity, but I wasn’t overly thrilled with the taste. It had some fruity-ish taste but I could not tell which fruit in particular, and there was also a kind of artificial taste which I couldn’t get past.

I have had this one exactly once before today, haha. I picked this one because of the strawberry, though there’s quite a lot going on with the taste. Possibly due to the kombucha, which I’m not a huge fan of. I do like the berry taste, but it got weird as it cooled, so if I were to get this one again, I have to remember to keep it hot.

I’m not really sure how I feel about this. I enjoy the aftertaste, predominantly raspberries and blueberries, but I don’t actually enjoy it when drinking it; it’s a little overly sweet and artificial. Certainly wouldn’t buy again and I’m in no rush to finish the cup I have now. Sad, as I was actually looking forward to trying this one.

Flavors: Artificial, Blueberry, Raspberry, Sweet

Preparation

I really enjoyed tasting this tea in store. So much so that I used my points for a 50g pack for free. I could never make it the same way they did and I was very sad about that. I ended up giving the pack to my mother-in-law who loves oolong teas.